AT&T pushing out Windows Phone update for Nokia Lumia 900

AT&T is pushing out a Windows Phone update for the Nokia Lumia 900. We saw the Lumia 900 make the jump to Windows Phone 7.8 back in January and the latest update takes the OS version from 8858 to 8862 (2175.2307.8862.13100 to be exact).

According to NokiaCare, the update adds theme colors, lock screen improvements, fixes Live Tile issues and makes updated Nokia apps available. This is likely similar to the update Microsoft pushed out back in March to fix the issues we experienced with the original 7.8 update.

The update is cumulative and includes four seperate updates. We're in the process of updating our Lumia 900 and let you know more on this update shortly.

The update package may be official, but the update method is not, so if something goes wrong its unlikely support is going to help you out. Plus you are not getting the Firmware updates, so that can cause issues in itself.

I forced the update a while back to get the first rev of 7.8, but I am looking forward to this rev. Hoping it makes a difference in battery life as one of the bug fixes. I know that they tweaked a couple of things around live tiles to fix the data bug that was uncovered, but I also know that it's a pretty minor update compared to what was released in WP8 (even without the hardware-dependent features). Still, holding off on using my upgrade for the next generation of devices sometime near the holiday season after getting the 900.

This is so right on time for me - I was just thinking yesterday that I'd love to be able to add more apps to my homescreen, while reducing the scrolling, and the smaller tiles will help me tremendously. I don't have a lot of apps, but I need 6 small tiles to accomplish my goal. And the Steel, Crimson, and Olive colors are going to be icing on the top :)

Anyway, I really hope this goes well. I will wait though and let the brave ones take the plunge first and report their findings before I update :)

I'm really surprised that this isn't getting more fanfare since, in my opinion, this whole 7.8 release has been a complete clusterfu^& by Microsoft. While I definitely enjoy the additional tile size options on my L900 and really enjoy the Bing lockscreen wallpaper, I have not had functioning Live Tiles in MOST of my apps (including WPCentral, Weather Channel, ESPN Hub, etc) since updating in January. 5 months and one 7.8 update in March aimed to fix the Live Tile issue (that didn't fix it) later, and I finally now have a release that is supposed to fix this problem? That's absurd. I'm very happy it's hopefully finally here, but to lose basic functionality in Live Tiles for so long is just a slap in the face to a loyal consumer.

I like how Nokia gets updates on a regular basis and my 8X hasn't gotten an update since portico? Wtf is that? HTC... Come on. I have like 10 different bugs that im waiting to be fixed. By the time a new update is out I'll be buying a new phone. Bs. Never the less I love my phone. The bugs are still annoying... I guess I Shud b blaming Microsoft. Or shud I? O.o

If they had a swap and buy, or a way to get early phones at a reasonable price, I bet people would be buying the next best thing over and over, and they wouldn't have to worry about updating phones, but they don't have one, and they don't update phones either.

Help!! Help!! Boys I would normally connect to Zune with my 900 and it would connect to the internet to check for updates. I've updated software i got from Nokia server a while back that got me 7.8 but Zune now says can't connect to internet. How do i reset my phone to put this new At&t update on.

Updated my 900 a few hours ago without issue. anyone noticed that the mic and phone speaker don't work anymore? When in a call if i switch to speakerphone mode both sides of the conversation can hear and speak. When out of speaker mode nothing but silence.

I live around Dallas, TX, and I just updated using Zune. I just plugged it in, and it told me there were updates. I do notice that the small input lag that sometimes happened when you press a tile is gone, or from what I've seen so far. Lets hope that continues.

This update(s) does fix live tiles issues for WP 7.8 for those who could force an update to 7.8 back in February.
It is amazing how tricky was the "forced" upgrade back then, and how seamless this one.
It comes to mind, at@t is trying to please and "preserve" the L900 customers now because they could be first in a row to switch to Verizon L928

I got the 7.8 original ATT update no issues came home this evening after choir and pulled out the 900 charged it up swapped the sim and did the update went very smoothly switched tile sizes a around and pulled the nsim and put it back in the 920 Life is good

Forced the update back in Feb and had an issue with 1 tile that was a pin of a tuned in radio station web page but other than that never had any problems. Saw this article tonight before racking out and decieded to update my phone, Took less than a half hour (and I have close to 70 tiles with over 50 apps), Update went flawlessly and like someone else mentioned I too remember the days that it didn't and you would be literally crossing your fingers that the update would go through so I'll give props to all those involved in these updates. Great job and keep up the good work!

Update not working on my Lumia 900 on AT&T in California. Just stalls at update 6/10. Never received the 7.8 update so the numbers do not correspond with your report. May run it overnight and see. Extremely frustrating.

Update 5/11/13 1pm PDT: My OS is 7.10.8779.8. Still no joy on any updates, even though my phone finally says that an update is available. Left my phone plugged into Zune overnight but it just hangs at update 6/10 (not the latest 2 updates either). My Zune says that it is the latest version, but I think I will try and uninstall and reinstall and try again. Any HELP out there?
Update: Still hangs in download, MS support answer is to disconnect, remove the battery and reconnect, which of course you can't do on the Lumia 900.